Saddle-bags and hand-case



(No Model W S MARSHALL SADDLE BAG AND HAND CASE.

No. 476,545. Patented June 7, 1892.

IIVVEIVTOI? ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WINFIELD SCOTT MARSHALL, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

SADDLE-BAGS AND HAN D-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,545, dated June '7,1892.

Application filed March 26, 1891. Serial No. 386,492. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WINFIELD SCOTT MAR- SHALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Centralia, in the county of Marion and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedSaddle-Bags and Hand-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combination saddle-bags and hand-case designedspecially for the use of physicians; and its object is, primarily, toprovide a convenient handle device whereby the two sections or boxes ofthe device may be carried by a single handle.

The invention consists in the combination, with two independent boxes orcases, of a divided or bifuroated handle adapted for attachment to bothboxes, as will be hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedsaddle-bags and handcase, the parts being in position as a handcase.Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

The two boxes 01' cases are indicated by the numerals 1 and 2 and areconnected by a strap 3, one end of which is attached in any preferredmanner to each of the said boxes.

4 indicates a handle, the ends of which are split, bifurcated, ordivided to form securingears 5 and 6. The cars or ends 5 are permanentlysecured by rivets to the box 1 or to a portion of the strap 3 adjacentthereto, and the other cars 6 are formed with slits 7, adapted to takeover catches, buttons, lugs, or other securing devices 8, projectingfrom the case 2. The boxes 1 and 2 may or may not be provided withend-securing catches 9.

The operation and utility of my improvement are obvious from thedrawings and the foregoing description. Then the device is intended foruse as saddle-bags, the ears 6 are disconnected from the fastenings 8 toallow the boxes to be separated, and when it is desired to form ahand-case the boxes are placed together back to back, the strap 3 beingfolded between them,as shown, and the ears or ends 6 of the handle areengaged with their fastenings S.

I do not restrict myself to any special mode of attaching the handle tothe case 1, but desire to include all constructions of handle that maybe included within the terms of the fol lowing claim.

In a saddle-bags and hand-ease, two boxes connected by a strap andadapted to be placed together back to back, in combination with a handlethe ends of which are divided and secured permanently to one box andadapted to engage fastenings on the other box, substantially as setforth.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of twoattesting witnesses.

XVINFIELD SCOTT MARSHALL.

Attest:

N. S. WRIGHT, ROBERT J. MOORE.

